Sample Sentences for
terse
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    I whispered, and got a terse, "Sh-h!"  (source)
    terse = using words sparingly
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    "She'll be back in twenty-five minutes," the clerk said tersely.  (source)
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    A week later Westerberg received a terse card with a Montana postmark:†  (source)
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    Abruptly, Gaius gave me a terse, almost invisible nod with his chin.†  (source)
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    Percy said tersely, fingering his prefect badge.†  (source)
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    One Sunday, two weeks after the occupation, Aureliano entered Gerineldo Marquez's house and with his usual terseness asked for a mug of coffee without sugar.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    He was more terse than usual and looked at me frantically whenever someone asked him a question.†  (source)
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    She took one look at the situation and said tersely, "Call her mother."†  (source)
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    This terseness, this short-windedness, might mean that she was afraid of something; afraid of being called 'sentimental' perhaps; or she remembers that women's writing has been called flowery and so provides a superfluity of thorns; but until I have read a scene with some care, I cannot be surewhether she is being herself or someone else.†  (source)
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    Status checks invariably elicited a terse response.†  (source)
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    She spoke tersely, as if wishing to put the topic behind us as quickly as possible.†  (source)
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    I will not promise even to equal the elegant terseness of Mrs. Elton, by calling you Mr. K.—But I will promise," she added presently, laughing and blushing—"I will promise to call you once by your Christian name.†  (source)
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    He whispers a few quick, terse words in Pashto, which Idris does not speak.†  (source)
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